A virus spread by insects is causing widespread damage to lettuce crops in California’s Salinas Valley. Chinese leaders are considering steps toward reopening after nearly three years of tough pandemic restrictions.
Sales of dairy products to restaurants, schools and other institutions have declined rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving dairy farmers with excess milk supplies.
Coronavirus is already shaking up the market outlook this year, but could agriculture be next? RaboBank’s Christian Lawrence says it’s very difficult to say at this stage.
**Farmers can expect a cash injection of billions of dollars in Trump tariff payments later this month or in December.
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue tells agriculture.com, “We hope that trade will supplant the need for aid in 2020,” pointing to progress in negotiations to resolve the U...
The final report from the Romaine Task Force, started in the wake of several outbreaks traced to the lettuce, is far from over, but recommendations could come by December.